| Auditing and logging are key components of any security architecture. It is essential for security personnel to know what is being done, what attempted to be done, where it was done, when it was done, and by whom in order to compile an accurate risk assessment. Logging the actions of specific events provides a means to investigate an attack, recognize resource utilization or capacity thresholds, or to simply identify an improperly configured IDPS. If events associated with a non-local administrative access or diagnostic session are not logged, a major tool for assessing and investigating attacks would not be available.
This requirement pertains to the use of privileged access when using the GUI or SSH to connect non-locally for the purpose of diagnostic session on the servers and network elements. |
